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Valve is now accepting submissions for Team Fortress 2 merchandise to be proposed by the game’s community and sold via Steam Workshop. The TF2 Blog provides details on the new program, revealing that anyone can submit a design (t-shirt, poster, etc.) for community vote. Valve will then select the most …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 10-16
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has taken the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart, finishing ahead of DayZ thanks to a half-off promotion. Payday 2 finished behind the pair in third, while Divinity: Original Sin dropped a notch to fourth. Newcomer Risen 3 rounds out the top five. …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V is coming to PC
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are headed to Steam. Series creator Hideo Kojima revealed this at a Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Gamescom preview event in Cologne hosted by Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley. This is fairly big news for PC Metal Gear fans. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 3-9
DayZ is back on top of this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The Early Access mammoth beat out runner-up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to retake the lead for the seven-day period ending on August 9th. Previous chart-topper Divinity: Original Sin slipped to third, in front of State of Decay on …
Read More »Nexon partners with Valve for Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies
Nexon has announced a new deal with Valve to produce Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, a free-to-play spinoff of the series featuring various undead enemies. Eurogamer reports the game will offer a standard campaign against the zombie horde, as well as modes including Bomb Diffusion and Hostage Rescue. Valve and Nexon had …
Read More »Codemasters refunding disgruntled Colin McRae buyers on Steam
Gamers who are dissatisfied with recent Steam release Colin McRae have been offered their money back. We understand that some people who bought Colin McRae Rally on Steam are upset and feel that it isn’t the game they thought it would be. We have now updated the product description for …
Read More »Broforce meets The Expendables 3 in free-to-play The Expendabros
Upcoming film sequel The Expendables 3 and Steam Early Access title Broforce have crossed over to form a new free-to-play title by the name of The Expendabros, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. IGN reports the expand-alone content is currently available to download for free on Steam, but will only be …
Read More »Gamers upset over Colin McRae Rally PC port
A host of negative reviews suggest that gamers are unhappy with Codemasters recent Steam release Colin McRae Rally. From the developers of the multi-million selling franchise and based on content from the 90 per cent Metacritic rated Colin McRae Rally 2.0,” the 4.99 game’s listing reads, although it does add: …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 26 – August 2
Divinity: Original Sin has once again grabbed the top spot on Steam’s top ten sellers, with DayZ surging back to the runner-up position on this week’s list. Chart regular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has also be on the rise over the last few weeks. The game has consistently ranked in the …
Read More »Early Access game Maia makes over $1m
Crowdfunded Steam Early Access god game Maia has made more than $1m for indie developer Simon Roth. Speaking toDevelop, Roth said the money includes the 140,000raised through Kickstarterin November 2012, the $11,000 funding from Indiegogo, direct sales from his website and purchases of the Steam Early Access release. The developer …
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